study; library; den; home office; reading room
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
formal; courteous; ritual; ritualistic
many; much; plenty; hardly
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
worship (esp. Christian); adoration; divine service; worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
meeting; greeting; welcome
maar (broad, shallow volcanic crater); marc (brandy distilled from pomace wine); marl (unconsolidated lime-rich rock)
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
changing clothes; change of clothes
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
tension; mental strain; nervousness
expression; look; countenance; face
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
is something that; is that which
strict; close; precise; scrupulous